If you love new plays like I love new plays, then High-Wire is the place for you this season! We have three very exciting works-in-development that you get to have a sneak peak at. This is a chance for you to hear new scripts early in their development, and even give feedback about what excites you about the projects, to help the playwrights as they shape the scripts further. - Daryl

A musical about an Oji-Cree family whose children were sent to residential school. It examines how our past directly relates to our future and celebrates Indigenous peoples’ never-ending cultural spirit, which blends the traditional and the contemporary. From this new perspective, we can tell the stories of wounds that will not heal in the hope that by acknowledging these stories, we can move towards accepting the past.

Produced by Urban Ink in partnership with Raven Theatre and Western Canada Theatre, in collaboration with the National Arts Centre English Theatre, and in association with the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc (KIB).

Corey is looking at the impact of the residential school system in a really innovative, really theatrical manner. He has written a gorgeous, heart-breaking, hopeful musical. Some incredible theatre companies from across Canada (including the National Arts Centre, Urban Ink and Raven Theatre) have come together to workshop this musical, and we’re so excited to host them here in Kamloops. Be the first to see this workshop presentation, before the production plays across Canada in seasons to come. - Daryl

The Cure for Death by Lightning

By DARYL CLORAN
Adapted from the novel by GAIL ANDERSON-DARGATZ

Set in Turtle Valley in the shadow of WWII. The fifteenth summer of Beth Weeks' life is full of strange happenings: a classmate is mauled to death; children go missing on the nearby reserve; and an unseen predator pursues Beth. She must face the darkness within her own family and the dangers of the bush.

I’m creating a stage adaptation of this award-winning novel, set just down the road from Kamloops in Turtle Valley. Gail’s novel is written in her incredible “Pacific Gothic” style full of compelling, flawed characters and evocative theatrical opportunities. Come be a part of it as we turn this fantastic BC-based novel into a script for the stage. - Daryl

The Language Reclamation Project: ECHOES OF THE HOMESICK HEART

By LAURA MICHEL

A poignant and powerful piece, reflecting a generational response to the Secwepemc language, with text generated from interviews with people of the Secwepemc Nation, from youth to Elders.

Laura has over 60 recordings of people of all ages talking about their relationship to the Secwepmc language. She’s taking these recordings and turning them into a verbatim play, inspired by and featuring these voices. It’s very exciting – come hear a reading of her script. - Daryl